Talk:Anthian City/@comment-30155146-20161006050449/@comment-27248965-20161006063337

It was because the level limit was too loose from Brimber City onwards. The level limit during Grand Opening was Lv.20 -- fair enough since you can only reach Silvent City. But then the level limit DOUBLED to Lv.40 once Brimber City came out. This level limit was much higher than the Pokemon in Brimber Gym. And since Rosecove City came later than expected, many players had enough time to train their Pokemon such that they would be too high on level -- enough to destroy Rosecove Gym.

The development team probably made Anthian City escalate a LOT in terms of level to compensate for the level limit issue, but yeah, that's probably not a good idea. You will have to train a LOT in Cragonos Mines before you can take on Anthian Gym.